The U.S. Chemical Production Regional Index (U.S. CPRI) was flat in August following a 0.2% gain in July and a 0.1% decline in June, according to the American Chemistry Council (ACC; Washington, D.C.; www.americanchemistry.com). Chemical output was higher in all…
Henkel AG (Düsseldorf, Germany) broke ground on a 35,000 square foot expansion of its production facility in Brandon, South Dakota. The expanded facility will bring state-of-the-art manufacturing capabilities and allow Henkel to increase production of thermal interface materials used to…
Brooge Energy Ltd., an infrastructure provider, announced that it has engaged thyssenkrupp Uhde to undertake the technical study of its planned Green Hydrogen and Green Ammonia plant. The study will cover the green hydrogen production facilities, the ammonia plant, and…
Americas Styrenics (AmSty) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Encina Development Group, LLC (The Woodlands, Tex.) that will provide the opportunity to purchase up to 250,000 tons per year of circular feedstocks from Encina's facilities. In addition, AmSty has…
Schlumberger (Houston) and Aramco (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) have announced plans to collaborate and develop a digital platform that will provide sustainability solutions for hard-to-abate industrial sectors. The proposed platform will enable companies in industries such as oil and gas, chemicals,…
Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. (Milan, Italy) announces that its subsidiary NextChem has been assigned a €194 million grant for the development of a waste-to-hydrogen plant as part of the "IPCEI Hy2Use" EU project. The project sets up the Hydrogen Valley in Rome, the first industrial-scale technological hub…
Air Liquide S.A. (Paris), Chevron Corp. (San Ramon, Calif.), Keppel Infrastructure, and PetroChina announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a consortium that will aim to evaluate and advance the development of large-scale carbon capture, utilization,…
Polymer manufacturer LyondellBasell (Rotterdam, the Netherlands), converter Granger Frères SAS and ein surface solutions expert Novacel, have worked together to develop protective films using polyethylene (PE) polymers made from renewable resources, based on a mass balance approach. They are commercialized…
Vianode, a company owned by Elkem ASA (Oslo, Norway), Hydro and Altor, has de-cided to invest in its first industrial-scale plant for sustainable battery materials at Herøya in Norway. The investment of around NOK 2 billion (around $194 million) will…
W.R. Grace & Co. (Columbia, Md.) has received a commitment from PT Kilang Pertamina International (PT KPI) to use Grace’s UNIPOL PP technology, which is part of its larger initiative, the Trans-Pacific Petrochemical Indotama (TPPI) Olefin Complex Development Project in Indonesia. This project…